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News Fri Jun 05 2009
Short Hops
- According to Rick Telender, the city doesn't deserve the 2016 Olympics. In other news, Telender's car was suddenly covered in parking tickets.
- In case you missed it, the Gordon Beckham Era began yesterday. Meanwhile, for better or worse, the Jose Contreras Era continues on Monday.
- So when Tony Dungy said signing Jay Cutler was risky for the Bears, did he stop to consider who the previous three or four Bears quarterbacks were?
- Author Sarah Paretsky takes time off from documenting the exploits to private investigator V.I. Warshawski to discuss another dark subject: the Cubs. She compared Cubs fans to "tired women living with alcoholic men." Ouch.
- A Joey Meyer sighting: The former DePaul coach is now leading something called the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Seriously.
- If the news that Matt Hagan will trade the Shelor.com Funny Car body for a FRAM Tough Guard design on the Dodge Charger, you probably want to be at Route 66 Raceway this weekend.
- Urban fishing school is about to begin. There will be an 8-pound test at the end of the class. (Fishing joke.)
- The Pan American Weightlifting Championships, being held at UIC Forum, is getting early rave reviews.
- Is Kristi Toliver the Sky's version of Derrick Rose?
- "I wish I knew how to quit you.": Mark DeRosa still thinks fondly of the Cubs. Mark...let it go.
